NHKラジオ英会話 10月 Sports
Week 4 Special Week
10月22日 Old News Is New Again
Part 1
A 74-year-old Japanese woman has broken her own record to become
the oldest woman to scale the world's highest peak, Mt. Everest. Tamae
Watanabe and her party members started climbing the mountain...
break one's own record 自分の記録を破る
scale 登頂する
party member 登山隊のメンバー
base camp ベースキャンプ
Tibetan autonomous region チベット自治区
alpinist 登山家
full scale mountain climbing 本格的な登山
set the record 記録を打ち立てる
Part 2
A teacup bearing a lipstick kiss from U.S. pop diva, Lady Gaga has
brought more than $75,000 at an online charity auction. The proceeds
will go to an organization set up by the U.S. government and businesses
to support young Japanese who wish to study in the United States...
bear a lipstick kiss 口紅のキスマークがついている
proceeds 収益金
disaster stricken area 被災地
pledge to ~ ~すると誓う
relief efforts 救援活動
autograph 有名人のサイン
pray for ~ ~のために祈る
10月23日 Super Aesop!
rough and ready そんざいな、荒削りの
give ~ a hearty welcome ~を心から歓迎する
turn up one's long nose at ~ ~を馬鹿にする、見下す
no sooner said than done 言ったことがすぐさま実行されて
remains of a fine feast 立派なごちそうの残り物
growling and barking 唸り吠えること
mastiff マスチフ(英国原産の大型の番犬)
scamper down 慌てて走る
by some means 何らかの方法で
storeroom 倉庫
glare down on ~ ~を見おろしにらみつける
It is a pity that ~. ~ということは気の毒だ
10月25日 Grammar for Better Conversation
断言できないことを伝える その2
lookやsoundを使って、人や物の印象を伝える
応用問題
Project Yes looks good to me.
It looks like a winner.
I showed it to Mr. Green.
He sounds like he is going to take it.